NetVault Backup

Compatibility Guide

NetVault Support Policy ............................................................................................................................................................ 1

Additional NetVault Backup Compatibility Matrixes ....................................................................................................................... 1
Supported Virtual Machine Platforms ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Supported File Systems .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Supported Cluster Software .................................................................................................................................................... 8
NetVault Backup Workstation Client Supported Platforms ............................................................................................................ 10

NetVault Support Policy

Quest Softwares Product Lifecycle and Support Services Guidelines detailing End-of-Support-Life (EOSL) procedures for all product lines
are available online at: https://support.quest.com/SoftwareProductSupportLifecyclePolicy.aspx.

Additional NetVault Backup Compatibility Matrixes

Additional NetVault Backup compatibility matrixes are available from the Quest Website at http://www.quest.com/netvault-
backup/#docs

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NetVault Backup Server and Client Supported Platforms

Support Supported Releases
OS
Supported OS Bit Mode
Version
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

PowerPC
5.2 X X X X
32/64
PowerPC
5.3 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X
AIX
PowerPC
6.1 32/64 X X X X X X X X X
PowerPC
7.1 32/64 X X

6.2 32 X X X X X

6.3 32 X X X X X X X X X X
FreeBSD
7.0-7.3 32 X X X X X X X X X

8.x 32/64 X X X

Guardian OS
5.x 32 X X
(Snap Server)
11.0 PA-RISC
X X X X X
11i 32/64

11.22 IA-64 X X X X X
HP-UX
11.23 IA-64 X X X X X X X X X X

11.31 IA-64 X X X X X X X X X

Linux - Asianux 3.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

4.6 32 X X X
Linux - CentOS
5.0-5.7 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

Linux - Debian 3.1 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

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Support Supported Releases

OS
Supported OS Bit Mode
Version
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

4.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X

5.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X

Linux - Miracle 4.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

Linux OES 2 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

4.8, 5.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

Linux
Oracle Linux
5.2-5.5 32/64 X X X X X X X

4.0 32/64 X X X X
Linux - RedFlag
5.0 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

32/64
3.0 U1-U7 X X X X
IA-64
Linux 32/64
4.1-4.9 X X X X X X X X X X
Red Hat IA-64
Enterprise 32/64
AS/ES/WS 5.0-5.7 X X X X X X X X X X
IA-64
32/64
6.0-6.1 X X X X
IA-64

9.0-9.3 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

Linux SUSE 32/64

10.0-10.3 X X X X X X X X X X
SLES IA-64
32/64
11.0-11.1 X X X X X X
IA-64
Linux
9.1-11.4 32/64 X X X X X X
OpenSUSE
Linux
11.0 32 X X X X X X X X X
Turbolinux

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Support Supported Releases

OS
Supported OS Bit Mode
Version
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

7.04 32 X X X X

7.10 32 X X X X X X X X X X

8.04
Linux - Ubuntu 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X
8.10
9.04
32/64 X X X X X X
9.10

10.04 32/64 X X X X X X
PowerPC
32/64
10.4 X X X X
INTEL
x32/64
PowerPC
32/64
Mac OS X 10.5 X X X X X X X X X X
INTEL
x32/64
INTEL
10.6 X X X X X X
x32/64
INTEL
10.7 X
x32/64

NetWare1 6.5 32 X X X X X X X X X X

SPARC
8 X X X X
32/64
SPARC
Solaris 9 X X X X X X X X X X
32/64
SPARC
10 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X
x32/64
2000 32 X X X X X X X X X X

2003
Windows 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X
2003 R2
2003
Storage 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X
Server
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Support Supported Releases

OS
Supported OS Bit Mode
Version
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

XP Prof 32/64 X X X X X X X X X X

20082 32/64 X X X X X X X X X

2008 R22 64 X X X X X X

2008
Storage 32/64 X X X X X X
Server
2008
Storage 32/64 X X X X X X
Server R2

Vista3 32/64 X X X X X X X X X

74 32/64 X X X X X X

1. Requires Thin Client installed on the NetWare machine and the Netware Thin Client Plugin on the NetVault: Backup Server.
SmartClient support limited to local devices attached to NetWare machine.
2. Windows 2008 supported Editions include: Standard, DataCenter, Enterprise, Web Server, and Foundation Server.
3. Windows Vista supported Editions include: Business, Ultimate and Enterprise.
4. Windows 7 supported Editions include: Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise.

Supported Virtual Machine Platforms

Supported Releases
Supported OS NVBU Server Cluster Smart Client
Processor
OS Version Support Supported Support
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

KVM1,7 X86/X86-64 X4 X X X

Hyper-V3,6 2008 R2 X64 X4 X4 X X X X X X X

Virtual Single Server

4.2 X X X X X X X X X
Iron1,5 Mode

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Supported Releases
Supported OS NVBU Server Cluster Smart Client
Processor
OS Version Support Supported Support
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5 8.2.2 8.2.1 8.2 8.1

3.0 VMware X4 X4 X4 X X X X

3.5 VMware X4 X4 X4 X X X X X X X X X X
VMware
ESX1,6
4.0-4.1 VMware X4 X4 X4 X X X X X X X

5.0 VMware X4 X4 X4 X X X X X X X

3.0.x
Xen1,2,5 3.1 Xen X X X X X X X X X
3.2
Oracle VM 2.1
X86 X X X X X X
Server1,5 2.2

1. Guest OS support limited to NetVault: Backup supported Linux distributions, supported Windows versions, supported FreeBSD versions and
supported Solaris x86-64 versions as a NetVault: Backup Client.
2. Host OS support includes RHEL 5.2-5.6, 6.x and SUSE 10.2-10.3
3. Guest OS support limited to Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Windows XP, Windows 7, SUSE 10, SUSE 11, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (RHEL) 5.2-5.6, 6.x.
4. Support for NVBU Server and NVBU SmartClient limited to the following restrictions:
Storage devices directly attached to an ESX Server are not supported. This includes both direct-attached SCSI devices as well as devices on
Fibre Channel that are exposed to the virtual machine through a RAW device mapping.
Devices connected through iSCSI are supported.
Virtual machine hosting the NVBU Server must be assigned a sufficient resource reservation in its own Resource Pool. NetVault: Backup Servers
that have to compete for resources cannot be supported.
VMware HA and vMotion are supported for the virtual machine hosting the NetVault: Backup Server. However, due to variability in timings,
BakBone cannot guarantee successful completion of running backup jobs during a migration.
NetVault: SmartDisk does not support installation on a virtual machine; therefore NVSD cannot be installed on a NVBU Server or SmartClient
that is running in a VMware VM.
BakBone Support may require reproduction of an issue in a non-virtualized environment in cases where it suspects an issue with the underlying
virtualization infrastructure.
5. Support limited to installing NVBU Client inside the Virtual Machine. Installing the NVBU Client on the physical machine hosting the virtual
machines and using the NVBU File System Plugin on the physical machine to perform image level backups of the virtual machine is not supported.
6. Using the NVBU File System Plugin on the physical machine to perform image level backups of the virtual machine is not supported. Installing the
Hyper-V or VMware Plugin on the physical machine to perform image level backups of the virtual machine is required.
7. Host OS support includes RHEL 5.4-5.6/6.x

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Supported File Systems

Local File Systems
Supported OS
NTFS FAT HFS+ UFS ZFS ext2 ext3 ext4 XFS Reiser FS JFS HFS VxFS
AIX X
FreeBSD X
HP-UX X X
Linux X X X X X
Mac OS X X X
Solaris X X
Windows X X

Remote File Systems

Supported OS
CIFS NFSv3 NFSv4 AFP Xsan v1 Xsan v2
AIX X
FreeBSD X
HP-UX X
Linux X
Mac OS X X X X X X
Solaris X X
Windows X

Cluster File Systems

Supported OS
GFS GFS2
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux X X
Mac OS X
Solaris
Windows

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Supported Cluster Software

Supported OS OS Version Bit Mode Cluster Software

Red Hat Cluster Suite

Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64
3.x (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64
4.x (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
5.0
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Linux Fujitsu Prime Cluster
Red Hat Enterprise IA-64 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
AS/ES/WS NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64
5.1 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
5.2 32/64
(Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
5.3 IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
5.4 32/64
(Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
5.5 IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Linux SUSE SLES 9 32/64 Fujitsu Prime Cluster
(Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)

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NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64
10.0 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
32/64
11.0 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
IA-64
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Red Hat Cluster Suite
Fujitsu Prime Cluster
Linux Turbolinux 11.0 32 (Itanium (64-bit), x86 (32-bit), x86-64 (64-bit)
NEC CLUSTERPRO X
LifeKeeper v6.4.0 and Later for Linux x86 (32-bit)
Microsoft Cluster Server
Veritas Cluster Server
2000 32
LifeKeeper v6.1.2 and Later
Windows 2003 and Later (32/64-bit)
Microsoft Cluster Server
2003 Veritas Cluster Server
32/64
2003 R2 LifeKeeper v6.1.2 and Later
Windows 2003 and Later (32/64-bit)
Microsoft Cluster Server
2003
Veritas Cluster Server
Windows Storage 32/64
LifeKeeper v6.1.2 and Later
Server
Windows 2003 and Later (32/64-bit)
Microsoft Cluster Server
2008 Veritas Cluster Server
32/64
2008 R2 LifeKeeper v6.1.2 and Later
Windows 2003 and Later (32/64-bit)
Microsoft Cluster Server
2008
Veritas Cluster Server
Storage 32/64
LifeKeeper v6.1.2 and Later
Server
Windows 2003 and Later (32/64-bit)
SPARC
8 Sun Cluster
32/64
SPARC
9 Sun Cluster
32/64
Solaris
SPARC
32/64
10 Sun Cluster
INTEL
X32/64
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NetVault Backup Workstation Client Supported Platforms

Supported Releases
Supported OS OS Version Bit Mode
8.6.1 8.6 8.5.3 8.5.2 8.5.1 8.5

2000 32 X X X X X X

2003
32/64 X X X X X X
2003 R2

2003 Storage Server 32/64

XP Prof 32/64 X X X X X X

Windows 20083 32/64 X X X X X X

2008 R23 32/64 X X X X X X

2008 Storage Server 32/64 X X X X X X

Vista4 32/64 X X X X X X

75 32/64 X X X X X X

PowerPC 32/64
10.4.x
x32/64
PowerPC 32/64
Mac OS X 10.5.x X X X X X X
x32/64
10.6.x x32/64 X X X X X X
10.7 x32/64 X X X X X X

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